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June 03, 2013|Reuters

LHP Antonio Bastardo recorded his first save of the season, and the 10th of his career, when he waded through a rocky ninth inning Sunday. Bastardo allowed a run on two hits and walked two, but recorded the final two outs with the tying runs in scoring position. He is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA this season, and has 20 strikeouts and 13 walks in 20 innings of work.

3B Freddy Galvis went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple Sunday. He had been mired in a 1-for-28 slump before homering off Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth inning of Saturday's loss to Milwaukee, but now has three hits in his last five trips. He is hitting .238 in all.

SS Jimmy Rollins went 2-for-3 and scored two runs in his return to the starting lineup Sunday, after missing Saturday's game with a sore right foot. Rollins also ranged to his right to make a spectacular diving stop of Jonathan Lucroy's grounder in the first, before springing to his feet and throwing to first for the out.

LHP Cliff Lee pitched 7 2/3 innings Sunday to record his fifth straight victory and run his record to 7-2. Lee allowed seven hits and three runs while striking out a season-high 11, but was forced to depart because of cramping in his arms, hips and hamstrings. Now 6-1 this season when pitching after Phillies' losses, he recorded his first double-digit strikeout game of the year, his 16th as a Phillie and the 24th of his career.

RHP Jonathan Papelbon was not available to close Sunday because of Illness, according to manager Charlie Manuel. Manuel could not say after the game when Papelbon, 11-for-11 in save opportunities this season, might be able to pitch again.

RHP Kyle Kendrick, Monday's starter, ended a two-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Boston in his last start, May 29. Kendrick pitched six innings and allowed two runs on four hits. He struck out three and walked three. Kendrick is 11-2 with a 3.62 ERA in 20 career appearances against the Marlins, 15 of them starts.

CF Ben Revere went hitless in four at-bats and is 2-for-19 through the first five games of an eight-game homestand. Revere is hitting .246 this season, and has just five extra-base hits among his 43 hits.

LF Domonic Brown went 3-for-3 on Sunday with his 16th homer, a three-run shot in the first inning off Mike Fiers. It was the eighth homer in the last nine games for Brown, who was leading the National League in that category at the beginning of the day. Brown added an RBI triple in the second and a leadoff single in the fifth. He said he had never hit for the cycle at any level, but wasn't thinking in those terms when he drew a walk from reliever Tom Gorzellany in his final at-bat, in the seventh. Rather, he was just seeking his fourth hit.